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Stanford, Lynn, Emory women’s golf headline final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

The final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for women’s golf have been released and there’s no surprise Stanford is the top team in Div. I.

The Cardinal received nine first-place votes but so did Wake Forest, which checks in at No. 2. Stanford’s has just a one-point lead in overall points, 441 to 440. LSU is No. 3, South Carolina is No. 4 and Mississippi State checks in at No. 5.

This is the fourth and final coaches poll for the 2023 spring campaign by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.

Div. I

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 Stanford (9) 441
2 Wake Forest (9) 440
3 LSU 415
4 South Carolina 384
5 Mississippi State 373
6 Texas A&M 369
7 Auburn 341
8 Oregon 327
9 San Jose State 288
10 Arizona State 281
11 Texas 259
12 Baylor 255
13 USC 248
14 Florida State 219
15 Northwestern 218
16 Mississippi 177
17 Vanderbilt 158
18 Pepperdine 135
19 Iowa State 118
20 Central Florida 101
21 Florida 98
22 Oklahoma State 77
23 Ohio State 36
24 Clemson 34
25 Virginia 28
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Methodist (27); Duke (1); Arizona (1); Kentucky (1)

 

Div. II

Lynn University women’s golf

Lynn continues to hold the top spot after receiving all but one first-place vote in Div. II.

Dallas Baptist remains No. 2 while collecting the last first-place vote. Findlay is No. 3, Nova Southeastern is up one spot to No. 4 and Anderson is down two to No. 5.

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 Lynn (13) 349
2 Dallas Baptist (1) 334
3 Findlay 310
4 Nova Southeastern 304
5 Anderson 298
6 Henderson State 290
7 West Texas A&M 266
8 Rollins College 245
9 California State San Marcos 237
10 Indianapolis 224
11 Tampa 207
12 Lee 204
13 Point Loma Nazarene 173
14 Wingate 153
15 Limestone 152
16 Flagler College 130
17 California State East Bay 122
18 Barry 108
19 Florida Southern College 94
20 Lander 91
21 Central Missouri 64
22 Oklahoma Christian 59
23 Texas at Tyler 50
24 West Florida 36
25 Missouri-St. Louis 30
Others receiving votes: California State Monterey Bay (8); Tiffin (4); St. Mary’s (Texas) (3); Eckerd College (1); Grand Valley State (1); Rogers State (1); Saint Leo (1); Texas A&M International (1)

 

 

Div. III

Emory kept its hold on the No. 1 spot in Div. III, receiving 12 first-place votes.

Redlands is No. 2 spot with the remaining three votes. Nos. 3 through 5 are Washington University in St. Louis, George Fox and Carnegie Mellon.

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 Emory (9) 318
2 Redlands (3) 305
3 Washington University in St. Louis 291
4 George Fox 277
5 Carnegie Mellon 270
6 Pomona-Pitzer 269
7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1) 254
8 Washington and Lee 221
9 St. Catherine 214
10 Methodist 206
11 Texas at Dallas 200
12 Centre College 179
13 Williams College 170
14 Amherst College 167
15 Illinois Wesleyan 163
16 Denison 129
17 New York University 117
18 Sewanee: The University of the South 88
19 Trinity (Texas) 78
20 Rhodes College 74
21 Mary Hardin-Baylor 68
22 Oglethorpe 56
23 Wisconsin – Whitewater 39
24 California Lutheran 18
25 UC-Santa Cruz 15
Others receiving votes: Grinnell College (12); Bethel (9); Carleton College (8); Christopher Newport (3); Middlebury College (2); Wisconsin-La Crosse (2); Adrian College (1); Hamilton College (1); Rose Hulman of Technology (1)

 

NAIA

Dalton State College remains the unanimous No. 1, with Keiser and Oklahoma City holding steady at Nos. 2 and No. 3.

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 Dalton State College (9) 90
2 Keiser 80
3 Oklahoma City 73
4 SCAD Savannah 61
5 William Carey 51
6 Southeastern 42
7 University of the Cumberlands 34
8 Indiana Wesleyan 28
9 Milligan 14
10 Taylor 13
Others receiving vVotes: Loyola New Orleans (7); Cumberland (1); William Penn (1)

 

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